SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 23 out, this is Chapter 24 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?
Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny and my OC.
Chapter 25: Fighting Destiny! The Confession of Rebellion!
"How dare you!" Integra snarled, charging at Gallia who had struck down Paradox.
"No, Integra." Saori warned. "You cannot fight her alone."
"Like a moth to the flame." Gallia scoffed. "Die." she swung her blade at Integra who dodged the swing, only to be taken out by the second attack.
"She sliced through her Gold Cloth." Harbinger was shocked.
"How can she cut through the strongest of the Saints' Cloths so easily?" even Kiki was astonished. "Could that sword be..."
"This is the Bushinkōrinken, given to me by a God." Gallia bragged. "It's a God's weapon. The light of this sword can cut through anything. Cloths are merely human imitations of godly robes. They cannot prevail against a God's blade."
"Paradox was serving you." Integra reminded.
"That was only a little game." Gallia smirked. "I'm told even an insect has a soul, but before the might of a God, it is worth nothing. It's only an insect. Whether I admire or crush it depends on my whim. The least compassion I can offer is to slay you sisters at once."
"I won't let you." Seiya stepped up. "Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken!"
Gallia simply teleported out of the attack path. "Humans can only attain the speed of light by burning their Cosmo. Sagittarius can move at light speed, but I move even faster. Dodging his attacks is simple. Remember that." she let loose a shot from her blade, Seiya moving his head to avoid the attack. "You managed to barely dodge my attack?" she mused. "I can see why you're called a legendary Saint, Seiya. If I defeat you, I'm sure it will demoralize the other Saints. All Saints within Pallas' castle and Pallasvelda." she opened a communication link to the others. "I shall use my Bushinkōrinken to slay Athena and Sagittarius Seiya. Athena's life force is weakened. She is no match for my Bushinkōrinken. You have brought this upon yourselves. This is your punishment for going against our God. Curse your weakness and despair as you watch Athena die."
"I don't like it." Harbinger retorted. "Then you're saying that unless we obey you, humans are unworthy to live?"
"That's right." Gallia snapped. "Heaven punishes those who disobey. As the God's messenger, delivering your punishment is my task."
"You can take your punishment and go to hell." Harbinger fired back. "Great Horn!"
Gallia merely lifted her weapon and sliced the golden bull into two. "One slow little cow cannot defeat the blade of a God."
"A blade of light that can cut anything?" Kiki took over. "Then, try it on the light of Aries. Stardust Revolution!"
Gallia simply lifted her weapon and deflected the golden light rain. "So, this is the power of the strongest Saints, the Gold Saints?" she mocked, donning on her Photontector. "My Photontector has the power of Cancer, Aquarius and Pisces combined. With my Photontector and this Bushinkōrinken, I shall deliver divine punishment upon humanity. You are helpless before me. Sagittarius Seiya?" she scoffed as Seiya took the stage. "You know you cannot beat me, yet you still attack?"
"It doesn't matter who are you." Seiya stated. "Even if I am torn apart, I will protect Athena." he swore and powered up. "Atomic Thunderbolt!"
"It's over." Gallia moved through the attack and pointed the Bushinkōrinken at Seiya's throat. "Die with Athena."
"Stop this." Pallas ordered. "Gallia, hear my words. Sheathe your sword, Gallia. I ordered you to destroy the Saints. I did not tell you to defeat Athena-onee-sama."
"I refuse." Gallia retorted. "I have no obligation to obey your orders. Because I am not a Pallasite."
"I know that." Pallas admitted. "I know that you Shitennou are not my servants. I know that someone wishes to make me fight Athena-onee-sama. I know everything."
"I thought you were only a stupid child who let the attention go to her head." Gallia snorted. "It seems I was wrong. Why did you pretend to know nothing?"
"Out of love." Pallas replied. "I desired to see Athena-onee-sama and reunite with my fellow Goddess Guardians. In order to do that, I willingly let myself be used."
"Goddess of Love?" Gallia mocked. "No one loves you. A Goddess of Love whom no one loves? You're nothing but a joke. Love is useless. It's merely a temporary delusion. A weak feeling."
"That angers me." Paradox muttered. "I struggled so much to gain that love."
"Paradox, don't speak." Integra warned. "Your wounds will open. We're sisters. We're twin sisters and we are all we have in the world."
"Since the Age of Myth, do you know what the destiny the Gemini twins has been?" Paradox reminded,
"Gemini Saints, who are born under the Gemini constellation, suffer from hearts of light and darkness, good and evil." Integra nodded. "They are fated to fight the twin that is their reflection."
"Why don't we change that fate?" Paradox suggested. "Lend me your power so I may strike Gallia."
Decided, the Gemini Twins attacked Gallia in unison.
"Seiya, get back." Integra told her de facto leader. "We twins will fight Gallia."
"Gallia, I will tell you your future." Paradox declared. "Your life will shortly end. The Saints of Athena will defeat you here."
"With this sword of divine punishment, I am as a God." Gallia was unfazed. "You insects cannot defeat me."
"You're fated to be defeated by insects." Paradox fired back.
"I'll silence you forever." Gallia growled. "Why do you laugh?" she frowned at the twins' smiling faces as they powered up.
"Could there be any greater happiness?" Integra grinned. "My wish has come true: I dreamed of this moment when I would fight alongside my sister."
"Light and darkness." Kiki mused as the two sisters' Cosmo shot up, entwining with each other. "Yin and yang. These two Cosmos come together, leading each other to greater heights."
"The fate of the stars of Gemini has changed." Saori gasped. "Their Cosmos is changing it."
"Behold the ultimate technique of Gemini." Integra called.
"Our Cosmos will pierce space-time itself." Paradox added.
"Another Dimension!" the Gemini twins fired their combined attack at Gallia.
"A clever trick." Gallia sneered. "But it'll take more than that." she swatted the energy beam away.
"It's no use." Harbinger realized. "It won't work on her."
"Her defeat isn't their goal." Seiya refuted.
"Reach the young Saints, our Cosmos." the Gemini twins opened a space-time gateway, letting the Bronze Saints and Shiryu to escape Europa's trap.
"Paradox, you are a true Saint, just like Integra." Saori wept, after Paradox died of her wounds. "Because you fought for love. I shall fight as well. I shall see my love with Pallas to its end." she sent more of her life force through the black armlet around her arm, allowing Pallas to grow from her child-like form into a young woman.
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